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What is the Ashtanga Yoga Tristana Method?
Ashtanga yoga is structured, challenging, and quite frankly, not everyone’s cup of tea. However, aspects of the Ashtanga yoga system can easily be applied to various lineages of yoga. By adopting the tristana method used in Ashtanga you can greatly improve your overall asana practice. Using three points of focus, the tristana method draws your awareness inward to the divine, energetic experience of yoga asana. The Tristana Method Moving beyond a strictly physical practice, despite its challenging postures, the system of Ashtanga is careful crafted around the inner workings of asana. This can be observed using the focal points of the tristana method, the breath, bandhas, and gaze. These three tools create concentration…
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Hatha, Ashtanga and Vinyasa: Types of Yoga Part 1
Photo taken by Eric Rosso affiliated with Hawaii Yoga Magazine This post contains affiliate links for details check the disclaimer There are so many different styles of Yoga in our modern world today. While most Yoga styles maintain similar philosophies, the way we practice these styles is totally different. I was going to write one large post including all of the major styles of Yoga. However, after writing about just one style, I realized there’s too much information for one post. So instead I am going to break up this topic into a series of posts so we can get to the nitty-gritty details of every style. For this first post I’ll be breaking…
